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Cleveland IMC Radio Hour becomes Blackout NEWS!!!

But how? But why?? Oh, so many questions! ( just tune in OK )

Blackout News August 21, 2006

Local stories from the Homeless Grapevine; an interview with Grace Overbeke, director and producer of "School Girl Figure" a play about body image and eating disorders starting this weekend; ABC corner: Mumia Abu-Jamal and execution date set for Hasan Shakur; Puerto Rico and the debate over its statehood + an interview with Fancisco who was born and rasied in PR and now lives in the US; last week Lieutenant Ehran Watada faced a pretrail hearing in military court for refusal to deploy to Iraq; Bush signs the laws, but only after he rewrites them; Afgan women get no protection from violence under the post-Taliban government; Protests against "the Wall" in Israel/Palestine; local event announcements.

No More Homeless at the Airport; Anti-Immigration Bill; Interview with Jeff Jassouf from AACCESS, About Hezbolah and Israel's war with Lebanon; ABC corner - Prison Radio feat. Mumia Abu-Jamal, reports on the cases of Alvaro Luna-Hernandez & Hasan Shakur; groups commemorate the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; American Indians of Bear Butte ask for respect, peace and quiet; Focus on Environment - Herbal Remedies; Interview with Chris about his trip to Columbia with Christian Peacemaker Team; Mexico still unsettled after questionable Presidential Election

Report & Interview with Tim Gowlan about the National Truth Commission organized by Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign that took place here in Cleveland; from prisonradio.org Mumia Abu-Jamal's latest essay, Military personnel jailed and serving time for opposition to the War in Iraq; 7 arrested in Chicago for demonstrating against military recruitment at a public event; Report from Operation Save America; information about Asthma problems in Cleveland; Review of the movie "Inconvenient Truth" by Honey Rose; Grassy Narrows First Nation People of Ontario, Canada fight to preserve their traditional lands in the Boreal Forest; Summary of War Crimes Committed by Israel; local event announcements.Report from Sea Shepherd event to raise awareness about their efforts to stop illegal whaling in the Antartic; Akron U. professor and geologist Dr. GhaziI-Walid Falah is released by Israel after nearly a month behind bars; Gubnatorial candidate Ken Blackwell thinks Homosexuals can be "cured"; Mumia Abu-Jamal's Radio essay from www.prisonradio.org, plus a update on his appeal as it moves to its final stage; Zombie Party Animals arrested for "simulating Weapons of Mass Destruction" in Minnesota; Cydni's Focus on the Environment: Food Issues; Update on Homeless Curfew in Jackson, MS, interview with Michael Stoops Exec Director of National Coalition for Homeless; KPFA Flashpoints - update from Lebanon/Palestine and interview with Alexander Cockburn.

Report & Interview with Tim Gowlan about the National Truth Commission organized by Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign that took place here in Cleveland; from prisonradio.org Mumia Abu-Jamal's latest essay, Military personnel jailed and serving time for opposition to the War in Iraq; 7 arrested in Chicago for demonstrating against military recruitment at a public event; Report from Operation Save America; information about Asthma problems in Cleveland; Review of the movie "Inconvenient Truth" by Honey Rose; Grassy Narrows First Nation People of Ontario, Canada fight to preserve their traditional lands in the Boreal Forest; Summary of War Crimes Committed by Israel; local event announcements.

Interview with Maurice Small and Andrew about Urban Gardening--Update about Carol Fisher--Local Story about Quarantine Walmart--National story about Protests against the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant--Scout on the Green Scare